Antiretroviral pause for #HIV remission trials: A mixed methods study of people living with HIV in Soweto, South Africa journals.plos.org/globalpublic... (open access) @plosglobalpublichealth.org

NEW Essay by Alice Rangel Teixeira et al: "Drawing from feminist, de-colonial, and Black feminist scholarship, we argue that OS must move beyond a narrow focus on technical openness toward confronting epistemic authority and its role in reproducing inequities." journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

NEW in PLOS Global Public Health by Kayla A. Benjamin, Breanna K. Wodnik et al from @utoronto.ca: Leveraging public engagement to improve healthcare quality: The role of community and stakeholder engagement in Colombia’s National Quality of Care Strategy journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Published today in @plosglobalpublichealth.org! HIV transmission during acute and early infection impedes efforts to end the epidemic. To guide diagnosis and prevention strategies, we evaluated the geospatial and phylogenetic clustering of acute and recent HIV infections in Lilongwe, Malawi.

NEW research from Anvita Bhardwaj et al from @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social The mental health impact on women of engaging men in health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

New research in PLOS Global Public Health: Can behavioral science advance breastfeeding-friendly primary care? Key findings from an evaluation in Kosovo "Findings underscore the value of targeting deeper behavioral drivers, not just knowledge gaps, within fragile health systems." plos.io/4nB2i6s

We came together to highlight the intentional erosion of the future of #globalhealth leadership - impacting trainees&mentors. We offer structural&cultural shifts as starting points of change. Pls read&share. @plosglobalpublichealth.org @mcgilldgph.bsky.social journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Excellent Opinion article just published in PLOS Global Public Health: Strengthening vaccine effectiveness research to rebuild public trust: A call for global participation By Giorgia Sulis and Melissa Brouwers journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

NEW Essay in PLOS Global Public Health by @shashikalb.bsky.social, Jane K. Fieldhouse, Inosha Alwis, Lucía Abascal Miguel, Canice Christian and Nelson Evaborhene: Disinvesting in the future leadership of global health has already begun: What can we do about it? journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

NEW: just in time for World Polio Day (24 October) - we invite you to explore articles and deepen your understanding of what it takes to finish the job and deliver a polio-free world. World Polio Day 2025 – explore articles from PLOS Global Public Health speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/10/23/w...

Interested in submitting a systematic or scoping review to PLOS Global Public Health? Check out this fantastic blog post written by colleagues at our sister journal, @plosmentalhealth.org - all of the guidance you see there applies for PLOS GPH as well. speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/10/22/w...

When fluoroquinolone resistance status is unknown, empirical use of BPaLM (adding moxifloxacin to BPaL) is cost-effective as a replacement for BPaL even with high fluoroquinolone resistance levels! 🦠💊 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

New research in PLOS Global Public Health from Anita Alaze, John Grosser, Oliver Razum and Céline Miani at Bielefeld University How does a recent gender norms scale perform? Exploratory factor analyses among adolescents in Ethiopia and Bangladesh journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

We need an economic shift that broadens participation in open science. Hear what libraries, funders, and institutions globally about how we move beyond the APC. 🔗 Read more: plos.io/4o1Q08q plos.io/4o1Q08q

Meet Catherine Kyobutungi (@ckyobutungi.bsky.social), Co-Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Global Public Health, and discover a journal redefining #GlobalHealth research through equity, inclusion, and collaboration - and why it matters now more than ever. 📽️ Watch the interview: plos.io/4osstx3

In this new Editorial, PLOS Medicine Executive Editor, Helen Lumbard, and Senior Editor, Front Section, Daniel Routledge urge the scientific community to confront research fraud and paper mills head-on by creating stronger systems for data sharing and transparency. Learn more plos.io/4nDKQ2c.

NEW Essay by Jessica E. Haberer, Pauline Byakika-Kibwika, Monica Gandhi, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Moses Kamya and Yap Boum II: Mentorship—A critical metric for career development and advancing global health journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

NEW opinion in PLOS Global Public Health: Reflections on mental health research in post-disaster settings By Ahlke Kip, @gulsahkurt.bsky.social, Ceren Acartürk, Philip Hyland, Dana Churbaji, and @lassesander.bsky.social journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Celebrating four years of PLOS Global Public Health: reflections from Executive Editor @juliarobinson.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/celebr...

Are academic journals truly inclusive? This a great chance to learn from editors like @ckyobutungi.bsky.social @plosglobalpublichealth.org & @briandavidearp.bsky.social wits-za.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

NEW research in PLOS Global Public Health from Ellen Brooks-Pollock and @leondanon.bsky.social at @bristoluni.bsky.social: Targeted vaccination is effective for mpox clade Ib in England despite increased household transmission: Predictions from a modelling study journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

This #WorldMentalHealthDay we focus on service access in times of crisis. We highlight content from our journal and across @plos.org (@plosglobalpublichealth.org and PLOS Medicine), which aims to improve well-being in the face of mass trauma speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/10/10/w...

Folic acid is essential for developing healthy RBCs & preventing anaemia, particularly during pregnancy and infancy. @plosglobalpublichealth.org journals.plos.org/globalpublic... Inconsistent & often low, the uptake of iron and folic acid (IFA) during pregnancy remains a global challenge,

NEW research in PLOS Global Public Health: Assessing the availability and scope of routine data on post-pregnancy family planning: A cross-sectional review of registers and reporting tools in 18 low- and middle-income countries journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

NEW research in PLOS Global Public Health: A generic model of life satisfaction: The case study of parkrun By Steve Haake, Andy Hext, and Charlotte Benkowitz from @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

New Opinion in PLOS Global Public Health: “You can’t see what you’ve never had to live”—Cultivating imagination and solution spaces in global health and development By Safieh Shah, @madhupai.bsky.social et al journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

(2/4) The participatory nature of planetary health requires dynamic methods to better understand exposures. Citizen science can help co-produce community-relevant evidence, but its use in LMIC cities for planetary health hasn't been fully explored. Published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org.

“You can’t see what you’ve never had to live”—Cultivating imagination and solution spaces in global health and development Please read our new paper in @plosglobalpublichealth.org journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

📢 "Invasive #mosquito surveillance in the #UnitedKingdom 2020 to 2024: First detection of #Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK and further detection of Aedes albopictus 🦟" by Colin Johnston et al. @ukhsa.bsky.social published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

(3/4) Potential of citizen science to advance urban planetary health research in low & middle-income countries: A scoping review, highlights the need for greater diversity of funding sources & for alignment of research priorities with contextual realities in the Global South Read - buff.ly/GGqiTy

NEW on our blog: Behind the paper: Japanese Contact Patterns during the COVID-19 Pandemic speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/09/24/b... @lshtm.bsky.social

Published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org we find several maternal capabilities for care are integral for the #NurturingCare of children & this varies by context. Interventions promoting nurturing care should aim to strengthen multiple maternal capabilities. #ECD journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

NEW Review article published today in PLOS Global Public Health: TB stigma in India: A narrative review of types of stigma, gender differences, and potential interventions journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Can the New Public Health Order deliver for Africa in a post-Trump world? New piece for @plosglobalpublichealth.org journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

The rise of AI is reshaping how we think, write, and review science. This #PeerReviewWeek, we’re asking how do we preserve trust and transparency in a system that’s rapidly evolving? 🔗 Read our latest blog: plos.io/46d8BI9 @peerreviewweek.bsky.social #OpenScience #PRW2025

We have submitted a response to the National Institutes of Health's Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs. We believe that equitable access to publishing is essential to advancing open science. 🔗 Read our full response here: plos.io/4n9MEzF

In our new blog series, we catch up with one of the members of our Editorial Board, Academic Editor @Tsitsi Masvawure. She shares a bit about her research, her work on the journal, and some fantastic tips for authors to improve their work. speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/09/15/p...

Our work on the mental health of health workers in Gaza is now out in @plosglobalpublichealth.org. The findings are not surprising - health workers were being terrorized from the beginning of the genocide (data from December 2023- Jan 2024 peer review is slow). journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

A deadly equation: The global toll of US #TB funding cuts journals.plos.org/globalpublic... (open access) @plosglobalpublichealth.org

Studies show strong correlations between built environment #viralload in high-traffic settings and hospitalisations. #SARSCoV2 🦠 is not only airborne, but also on surfaces & in wastewater. PPE (😷,🧴ect )💉 must be used. journals.plos.org/globalpublic.... @plosglobalpublichealth.org

Adding one more... ❌ Foreign assistance -> unchecked outbreaks that endanger friends overseas and family here at home. Source via @npr.org & @plosglobalpublichealth.org: 1) journals.plos.org/globalpublic... 2) www.npr.org/sections/goa... #MedSky #GlobalHealth #USAIDForever

💡 TB's impact doesn’t just end with treatment: nor should cost-effectiveness analysis. New @lstmnews.bsky.social led multi-country modelling study @plosglobalpublichealth.org shows excluding patient costs or post-TB impact underestimates intervention cost-effectivenes & benefit. tinyurl.com/arkhnwcp

Fantastic work from @aschwalbc.bsky.social now out in @plosglobalpublichealth.org. Check out his thread below for more details!

This year’s #PeerReviewWeek theme “Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era” asks how tech is reshaping research. PLOS CEO, Alison Mudditt, shares her take on AI, open science, and the future of research integrity in this interview with @authorsalliance.bsky.social. 📖 plos.io/3K9UXwF

We have updated our editorial policy for retrospective health database studies to strengthen scientific rigor and editorial integrity. 🔗 Read more here: plos.io/4g8Jbi8

New research published today in PLOS Global Public Health: Reliance on migrant healthcare workers in the United Kingdom: A critical discourse analysis journals.plos.org/globalpublic... By Zakia Arfeen, Eleanor Nash, and Mohammed Ahmed Rashid from @ucl.ac.uk

📝 Impact of a #PandemicTreaty depends on more than promises. 📊 Governments must deliver real accountability and compliance. 📄 In @plosglobalpublichealth.org, we explain how to make this happen: bit.ly/4lK6wHS @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social @elliothannon.bsky.social @tdeol.bsky.social

Research, clinical care and public health interventions for #HBV have always lagged behind #HIV. We wrote this article recognising there may be overlooked consequences for babies and children exposed to #hepatitis B, even if they don’t develop chronic #infection. #LiverSky #HepSky #MedSky #NoHep 🧪

Be part of a change at the Responsible Research in Action Unconference in Berlin. Join a vibrant mix of researchers, funders, publishers and community leaders co-creating a more inclusive research ecosystem. 📅 Registrations are open until 7 Sept: plos.io/3JwdxP6 #ResponsibleResearch #RRiA

NEW research from Esme Longley and @shashikalb.bsky.social at @mcgill.ca Towards inclusive authorship: Analyzing author representation in PLOS Global Public Health front matter content journals.plos.org/globalpublic...